as in apartment
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s
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Recent Examples of tenement
Her husband is working full time again at a factory, but Mr. Trump’s plan to put a 46 percent tariff on imports from Vietnam hangs over their family, which lives in a row of concrete tenements on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Thoughtful packaging preserves their stability, while a gentle formulation helps deliver on the key tenements of glass skin: smoothness, clearness, and luminosity.
—Rosa Jisoo Pyo, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
His mother was my maternal grandfather’s second wife, and he was raised by my grandfather’s third wife, Rosie, in a tenement in Lawndale.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Several prostitutes rented tenements from the convent of St. Catherine, and Marguerite Busaffi, daughter of a prominent banker, owned a brothel in the city.
—Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Thoughtful packaging preserves their stability, while a gentle formulation helps deliver on the key tenements of glass skin: smoothness, clearness, and luminosity.
—Rosa Jisoo Pyo, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
His mother was my maternal grandfather’s second wife, and he was raised by my grandfather’s third wife, Rosie, in a tenement in Lawndale.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Several prostitutes rented tenements from the convent of St. Catherine, and Marguerite Busaffi, daughter of a prominent banker, owned a brothel in the city.
—Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement
Noun
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The project needed $1,000 to furnish each apartment.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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The film, which debuted at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival, follows eight Rhode Island artists who, in 2003, created a secret apartment in a hidden space within the Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
24 July 2025
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The record-breaking deal follows the 137 million dirhams sale of the Nobu Residences penthouse.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
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From $676 per night. Perks: Air conditioning, high-speed Wifi, in-unit laundry Nestled in a gorgeous Modernist building steps from Passeig de Gràcia, this two-bedroom, two-bathroom penthouse apartment is a serene design retreat in one of the city’s most happening districts.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
25 July 2025
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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